[Intro] G  C  D
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[Primera Parte]

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She put it right between my lips and I bit down with the light
      G                                  D
And I asked her had she anything and she handed me a light
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And with that light I took a drag and I watched the world go by
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You were mine and I was yours and our limit was the sky

[Estribillo]

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  And we watched, the time go by
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Well I told her ask me anything, and she asked me how to cry
    G                             C
And when I think of you I know forever I will be
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Happy as the fool because together we are free

[Segunda Parte]

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Well we cantered on by the statue where once Phil Lynott stood
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Met by a scobe being hoisted outside Mary's Pub
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We'd never seen the like before, a rare scene so daft
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The cobbles were lit up by the enchantment of your laugh

[Estribillo]

G        C                    G
  And we watched, the time go by
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Well I told her ask me anything, and she asked me how to cry
    G                             C
And when I think of you I know forever I will be
G                           D             G
Happy as the fool because together we are free

[Terceira Parte]

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Well we watched the buskers play a tune on lower Grafton Street
      G                               D
And I tried to grab your finger but I wasn't so discrete
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You smiled, embraced my hand and pulled me into some old bar
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We drank a drop and we twirled and talked about our lives so far

[Estribillo]

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  And we watched, the time go by
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Well I told her ask me anything, and she asked me how to cry
    G                             C
And when I think of you I know forever I will be
G                           D             G
Happy as the fool because together we are free

[Quarta Parte]

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He swallowed down his last drop and began to feel the heat
       G                              D
And he gestured to the barman that it was his time to leave
       G                               C
With a cap upon his head he thought of home in Skibbereen
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He said we were the finest couple that his eyes had ever seen

[Estribillo]

G        C                    G
  And we watched, the time go by
                                         D
Well I told her ask me anything, and she asked me how to cry
    G                             C
And when I think of you I know forever I will be
G                           D             G
Happy as the fool because together we are free

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[Quinta Parte]

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Now she boards her plane back to her home in Amsterdam
       G                           D
She'll study for the year before returning to our land
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She said she loves a man and he is stationed far away
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With him her precious love she says forever it will stay

[Estribillo]

G        C                    G
  And we watched, the time go by
                                         D
Well I told her ask me anything, and she asked me how to cry
    G                             C
And when I think of you I know forever I will be
G                           D             G
Happy as the fool because together we are free

[Final] G  C  G  D
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